Total Crime Rate
88.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Keats Close area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Appleton , and the 151st highest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Keats Close (WA8 7EX) in the last 12 months was 88.1 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Appleton average (161.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keats Close (WA8 7EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Milton Avenue, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Steward'S Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Steward'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Masefield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steward'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steward'S Avenue | Under investigation |
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